Thanks, CarolMaeWY, for sharing this. Ella Baker is my “Shero.” She was an amazing woman! one the un sang heroes of the long Black freedom struggle. There was a movie made of her entitled “FUNDI” (Swahiri word meaning teacher), but I’ve searched for it without much success. May be you saw it.

The credit goes to Yardarm. He posted a link to a pininterest page of black history and I thought this one was timely and needed sharing. I’ll look for the movie for you. It makes me feel good to share something meaningful to someone. Thanks for sharing your story of her. I’ll also post the link to you for pininterest in a few min.

Hello, Yard, I am coming here very late when all sane people are asleep; so may not see my thank you. These are all gorgeous! Bookmarked to keep and share widely. Thank you so much for sharing and thinking of me. I hope you had a relaxing time in the woods.

Waaaayyyyy o/t: my nephew, Katisse, jazz musician I have mentioned, cut the music audio in studio today with Jim Carrey for his new children’s book on tape to be released, sometime! Soon, I suppose.. So, that is cool! G’nite y’alll, will check in tomorrow!

“Was just trying to indicate the power of @BarackObama’s twitter followers – which I’ve yet to see @OFA leverage. If only 20 % of his followers were to donate only $3 per month for the next 15 months, they would raise more than 314 Million Dollars.

We tried to get them to launch #ADollarADay to @OFA – many times. If only 20 % of his current twitter followers did that for the next 15 months – it would be close to 3 BILLION Dollars.”

Maybe some of you can encourage @OFA to pay attention to the obvious power they can leverage.

There were times, I remember,
Had to fight just to hold my head up
Those times when even my friends
Tried to make a fool of me
There were things that my heart looked at
That they just couldn’t see

Some said I was hopeless
Mind tangled in the night
Strong hearts just keep goin’,
That is why I’m still standing here today

Chorus :

Come together
Raise up your voices
This time my song of love and life won’t go away
I’ll sing forever here in the sunshine
I’ve lived to see the sun break through the storm
I’m so glad I’m standing here today

If your lost in your troubles
And the world just seems to forget you
If you remember sunshine
Even on your darkest day
Just follow what your heart says
And you’ll find the way

Some said I was hopeless
Mind tangled in the night
Strong hearts just keep goin’
That is why I’m still standing here today

Chorus x 2

I’ve lived to see the sun break through the storm
I’m so glad I’m standing here today